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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1892
Page
8
A long read recounts the 1880s Sullivan Mitchell bout and claims a draw was arranged by Mitchell and his seconds with Sullivan’s manager Harry Phillips in on the plan. It cites witnesses and rumors about betting, training, and Johnson’s handling of the affair and Sullivan’s response.
During training he faced insults and hints that his room mattered more than his company. The note from a well-known Boston sports figure arrived midafternoon after the fight, stating the stable is good.
Coy Fryvitte Kansas reports Emmet Dalton wounded but alive and in great pain. Escapee likely headed toward Indian Territory. not expected to be captured. Town relieved after the three year outlaw terror, as bodies of dead robbers lie in the undertaker’s morgue awaiting funeral today. Citizens’ funerals for the dead may be held Friday.
J B Farrel of Boston arrested for burglary but escaped Officer Roche on an Alderman Delong stairway. Farrell drew a revolver, fled through the city, leaped a thirty foot wall to a moving coal train, swam the Lackawanna River, and was captured after a desperate struggle. He said he would have killed Roche and taken his own life if possible.
Papers filed in Trenton establish the John Good Cordage and Manufacturing Company with a capital of 7000 dollars. John Good, a New York rope machinery maker, left the National Cordage Company, which paid him 250600 dollars annually to halt his operations. A New York plant will be set up immediately to rival the National Cordage Company, with strong domestic and foreign patronage anticipated.
The Lovell Cycle Club gathered about fifty members and guests at the Quincy House for a dinner. The group, formerly limited to John P Lovell Arms Company employees, discussed expanding membership to nonemployees. Henry L Lovell spoke on the club’s aims and the sport's health benefits, with remarks from officers and members. The year officers named include President H L Lovell and others.
The Board of Health instructed Dr. Coggswell to stop detaining vessels at quarantine except when illnesses are present. Authorities dismiss the cholera scare and ignore the President’s 20 day detention proclamation. The steamer Roman arrived, found no sickness, and was released to Boston. The Scythia is expected here Saturday or Sunday.
A Missouri Pacific freight train wrecked after crossing a burning bridge sixty miles west of Council Grove Kansas. Engineer Geffer, son of Senator Peffer, and fireman Clint Howard were killed instantly. Trainman Charles Hart was badly injured.
No. 8 Old State House under Mr L F Palmer has become a popular transit hub. Tickets for Shore Line express trains and the Colonial express between Boston and Washington are always available here.
Lowney Oct 6 The body of Lord Tennyson lies on the deathbed with a trimmed beard, folded hands, and laurel crowns. Flowers blanket the coverlet as burning wax tapers give a subdued light, signaling the likely reception in Westminster Abbey.
The article notes Alfred Lord Tennyson’s elevation to Baron, following a tour with Mr Gladstone to Denmark and meetings with European monarchs. He declined earlier honours like a baronetcy and the Grand Cross, but accepted the title Baron Tennyson of Aldworth and Farringford, the first commoner elevated for literary merit. He never attended the House of Lords after taking his seat.
The piece discusses contenders for England’s next great poet after Tennyson. It highlights A C Swinburne as a leading figure, notes William Morris as a rival, and mentions Queen Victoria’s alleged preference for Lewis Morris. It records Swinburne’s birth on April 5 1887, Oxford stints, and time in Florence with Walter Langdon Lor, shaping his republican sentiments.
The obituary notes Tennyson’s laid to rest near Browning in Westminster Abbey while scholars and poets react. It recalls Lady Tennyson’s grief and a noted sermon by the Bishop of Winchester. The piece also prints James Whitcomb Riley’s tribute on Tennyson and surveys William Morris and Alfred Austin with brief career notes.
The article traces Alfred Tennyson’s birth in 1809 to Rev George Tennyson, early writing at Louth, Cambridge success with the chancellor's medal, and early publications. It notes his 1844 American fame, 1845 London society prominence, 1847 marriage to Emily Sellwood, In Memoriam, and his appointment as poet laureate. It mentions Twickenham, Farringford, Isle of Wight, and his lucrative British publishing rights and growing wealth, up to mention of 1883 yachting.
The piece surveys Boston shop displays at Huntington avenue, noting booths and promotions by Hol lander Bradshaw Folson Kakas Knowles and others. It highlights fashionable mourning millinery by J J Grace Bouquet and female staff leadership at Hollander Bradshaw Folson, plus Bates of A Vinal & Co setting out for Maine.
New York Oct 6 General Grenville M Dodge resigns as president of the Union Pacific Denver Gulf road. He is succeeded by H H Clark president of the Union Pacific.
Undisguised editorial charges McEttrick's congressional bid as part of a Democratic conspiracy. It links his backers to liquor license politics, the Police Board, and the license trust, arguing the aim is to elect Haile and Wolcott and restore Republican control in Boston.
A $10 prize is offered for the best letter from a reader showing the POST’s remarkable growth to its present position. Letters should provide effective evidence, illustration, or incident demonstrating progress and influence.
The notice asks competitors and readers in Boston and vicinity to send unprejudiced observations about the Post’s growth. It requests details on morning paper consumption, transport modes, and personal impressions, urging brevity not exceeding 209 words and directing letters to the Editor of the Post in Boston.
Visitors flock to Mechanics Building for the second day of the big fair. The article lists highlights from art to invention, including Kronberg’s Dancing Girl, Frances Willard and Lady Somerset portrait, Indian libraries, Yellowstone Park displays, a phonograph, knitting machines, and a silhouette artist. It notes lectures, Journalists Day, school excursions, and scheduled musical performances by Carter’s Orchestra and Baldwin’s Cadet Band, with details on organizers and venues.
Mr. Dickinson of Berkeley Temple Congregational Church Boston resigns from the boards prudential committee amid claims of partisan control. The Des Moines October 1886 meeting previously elected him to the committee as a leading opponent of liberal candidates. He cites excessive factional action and withdraws with stated reasons.
The provision wagon of KE L Free man of Somerville was badly damaged on Milk street yesterday afternoon. The wagon driver tried to cross in front of an electric car near the Old South Meeting House. The car struck the wagon, the driver stopped and fled toward the motor man, the wagon overturned, rear wheel crushed, but no one injured.
At the Republican councillor convention in Salem yesterday David I. Robinson was nominated. Major Johnson won the sheriff fight. Zeph W. Pease received a nomination by declaration for Senator in the third Bristol convention. Mrs Helen M Gougar arrives in Boston next Saturday forenoon and speaks on prohibition versus license at People’s Church Sunday at 3 pm. The Republican State committee meets this afternoon at 2 to select presidential electors replacing James Phillips Jr of Fitchburg and B S Converse of Malden who are ineligible as national bank directors.
Secretary Foster denied the President urged Cabinet members not to campaign. The President sees no impropriety in Cabinet officials speaking publicly on political topics in defense of administration policies. Some secretaries may speak in their states soon, but long absences from departments are not planned.
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